A Review of the New Grand Army

Joachim Murat|William Heath ('Paul Pry')|Napoléon Bonaparte

1815 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Napoleon stands at the center of this satire and points towards cannon balls lettered "Forse, meat Balls for the Lads of Paris," with Death and the Devil in the clouds behind him at right. At left, an Italian brigand holds a pistol and a pole lettered "Plunder" and at right a butcher holds a noose and a knife. An inscription below describes the figures as "Captain of Starved Banditty from the Alps, Ad Camp, The Aghast Emperor & his two Friends & Pillars of the State, Butcher from Elba. Generalissimo." Above Napoleon's head, a figure ererges from clouds identified as "Deamon of War Presideing over the Tyrant." In the distance ragged soldiers declare their support for the emperor.

Artist

Joachim Murat|William Heath ('Paul Pry')|Napoléon Bonaparte

Date

1815

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014